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A. G. HARTZOKB.

FLOUR PAGKING MACHINE.

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ABEL G. IIAB-TZOKE, OF LINCOLN-TON, NORTH CAROLINA.

FLOUR-PACKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,593, dated January 8, 1884.

Application filed October 25, 1883. in model.)

To CLZZ whom, 2 61mm concern:

Be it known that I, ABEL O. HARTZOKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lincolnton, in the county of Lincoln and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flour-Packing Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in Flour-Packers, the object of which is to enable packages of various sizes to be packed with facility by having some of the parts adjustable or changeable. These obj cots are attained by the mechanism illustrated in the accompa nying drawings, in which- Figure l is an elevation. Fig. 2 is a vertical section. Fig. 3 is a detailed View of one of the parts removed... Fig. 4 is a transverse section of some of the parts.

The letter A indicates the vertical frame of the machine.

B is a floorfor one-hundred-pound sacks.

G is an adjustable floor for half and quarter sacks' E is an upper head for packing whole sacks.

D is an under head, in which are fastened the spears e, which pass through holes 6 in head E. These spears hold the sack while it is being packed.

F are bolsters, the upper ends of which are attached to the head D by hooks l? and pins 92.

From the bottom of the bolsters F, and attached thereto, are pieces F, which extend through openings in the floor B to the levers M, and are secured thereto by dovetail F, as shown in Fig. 2. The levers M are pivoted to the base It by bolts or screws M, and are connected to each other by the piece M.

L is a handle attached to the piece M by screw or bolt L, and is provided with a strap, L, having a slit adapted to fit over the pin a. This supports the levers M, together with the pieces F, bolster F, and head D.

By removing the strap L from the pin a the head D is lowered, and the spears e are thus disengaged from the sack; but when the head D is raised, the spears e are in the proper position for fastening the sack.

. .G is an adjustable floor, having a metal plate, 0, adapted to enter thenotchesf in frame A,

may be quickly changed, according to the size 7 of the sack which is to be packed, either large or small. The upper end of the shaft G has a square cross-section, which passes through a mortise of similar shape in the pulley H, by which rotary motion is given to the shaft G, and at the same time permits the shaft to. rise as the saekfills up until the round portion of the shaft G has passed through the mortise, when the packing stops, as the shaft then ceases to revolve. The top of shaft G is provided with a pivot for weights, to be put on should sacks be small and require tight pack- The pulley H is driven by a suitable belt,

and has its bearings in the cross-timbers J.

The heads D E can be changed forpacking sacks of different sizes. This is done by loosen ing the hooks P and the wedge O.

The cross-piece I forms a support for the shaft G, and is provided with a piece of wood or metal, I, pivoted thereto by the pin i, and kept in position when closed upon the shaft by the movable pin 2'.

In Fig. 3 the piece I is shown in the position it occupies when it is desired to remove the shaft G from the frame of the machine.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent, and to claim, 1s

1. In a flour-packing machine, the adjustable changeable heads provided with means of holding the sack while being packed, substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a flour-packing machine, the frame A and wedge O, in combination with removable head E, as described, and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a flour-packing machine, the head D, having spears 6, adapted to penetrate holes 6 in head E, in combination with hooks and bolster F, as shown and described, and for the purposes set forth.

4. The head D, the bolster F, the hooks P, the pieces F, the levers M, having cross-piece ll in combination with handle L and strap l L, substantially as described, and for the purdescribed, and for the purposes set forth. 1e

poses set forth. In testimonywhereof I affix my signature in 5. The combination of vertical shaft G, haV- presence of two Witnesses.

5 ing square part G, with pulley H, substan- ABEL C. HARTZOKE.

tially as described, and for the purposes set \Vitnesses:

f JAMES L. MLEAN, I

forth.

ANDREW HEERLISH.

0, adapted to enter notches fin frame A, as

6. The adjustable floor 0, having metal plate 

